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A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 90

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett

  De Palma's screenplay is outstanding, and he draws wonderfully naturalistic performances from his youthful cast.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The result of the film is shocking, saddening and frustrating.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyDerek Elley

  Deeply felt but dramatically unconvincing "fictional documentary" -- inspired by the March 2006 rape and killings by U.S. troops in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad -- has almost nothing new to say about the Iraq situation and can't make up its mind about how to package its anger in an alternative cinematic form.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Its formal novelty aside, Redacted rarely hits the audience with a genuine shock or a clarifying insight. It churns through a set of ideas and emotions that are confusing and unpleasant, to be sure, but also, by now, dispiritingly familiar.

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• 33

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  For all of De Palma's studious multimedia trickery -- a valid, even inspired idea -- Redacted is so naive it's an embarrassment.

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• 20

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  By any rational standard, this film is kind of a mess. Even if you agree with its politics, you will probably weep at the ineptitude of it all.

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• 0

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  The Americans are portrayed with varying degrees of loathsomeness, but there's not much variety in the film. It's all an awful aberration.

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